Motivational Profiles, Learning Satisfaction, and Learning Outcomes for K–12 Virtual School Students

• In Event: 69.047 - Virtual Schooling, Instructors' Practices and Perceptions

Abstract

Given the increasing popularity of enrollment in K-12 online settings and the critical role of motivation in students’ learning success, it is necessary to students’ motivational profile and its relationship with online learning outcomes. This study aimed to identified motivational profiles of 466 high-school learners taking online language courses in a Midwestern virtual school, and examined the relationship between different profiles and online language learning outcomes. Using cluster analysis, we identified four motivational profiles (i.e., high quantity, good quality, poor quality, and low quantity). Students with more autonomous motivation (i.e., high quantity, good quality) showed positive results than controlled motivation (i.e., poor quality, low quantity).

Authors

• Yining Zhang, Michigan State University

• Chin-Hsi Lin, Michigan State University